Fiction - Women

"Tubati Alexander is a writer to watch!" --Emily GiffinA She Reads and Zibby Mag Most Anticipated Book of 2024The author of Love Buzz follows her acclaimed first novel with a delightful Caribbean-set romp about an ambitious designer of apocalyptic video games with a strategy...

A gritty, heartbreaking story of love and hope in the darkest of times, perfect for readers of Erika Robuck and Shirley Dickson. Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1948: Clara Newton is the new housemother of Shilling Grange Orphanage. Many of the children have been bombed...

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of one summer on a lush private island, about addiction and sex, family and independence, and who holds the power in a modern underworld.Camp counselor Cory Ansel, eighteen and...

Sloane is a quick-witted storyteller, with a flair for the outlandish. From psych wards to grave robbers, she's witnessed some peculiar things in her nearly eighty years. But the story her daughter, Rynn, yearns to hear most, is the one story Sloane never tells....

The BRAND NEW novel from million-copy bestseller Jessica RedlandRosie feels like there's something missing in her life.She loves her job as the manager of Willowdale Hall Riding Stables, caring for the horses and teaching children to ride, and she loves the home she shares...

As the small town of Hideaway Bay prepares for the wedding of Alice Monroe and Colonel Jack Stirling everything that can go wrong, does.Meanwhile, Della Rossi, the owner of the Hideaway Bay Olive Oil Shop, is busy with her social club and their genealogy...

In the seaside enclave of Aura Cove, Thanksgiving and Christmas have arrived, and Katie's beach house becomes a haven for all her loved ones gathered together under one roof to celebrate the holiday season.Karma brings Lorelei to Katie. Her valiant battle against Polycystic Kidney...

Author: Joyce MaynardISBN-10: 006239830XISBN-13: 9780062398307Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2024Pages: 432Format: HardcoverReview Citation(s): Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2024 pg. 3Booklist 05/01/2024 pg. 18

When Nina's father dies, she is left something in his will: a gleaming dream vacation home in a balmy tropical paradise.She'll find out the hard way that what you inherit from those you love can end up costing your life in this heart-pounding thriller...

The Women's Prize-winning and Booker-shortlisted international bestselling author returns with a fictionalised account of her grandmother's lifeDolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a...

In Silas Marner, George Eliot crafts a timeless and heartwarming tale of redemption, love, and the transformative power of human connection. Set in the rural English countryside during the early 19th century, the novel tells the story of Silas Marner, a reclusive weaver who...

She only remembers dying.In 1971, a near-fatal automobile accident throws Izzy Monroe's life into upheaval after she survives with a traumatic brain injury that leaves her with no short-term memory. Unable to continue her graduate studies, she retreats to her childhood home on Chappaquiddick...

This beautiful novel by the beloved author of Open House and Talk Before Sleep tells the story of two young people growing up in Mason, Missouri, and how Arthur Moses, a shy young man, becomes the wise and compassionate person readers loved in The...

Jennifer Chiaverini's beloved and bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series returns with the first Elm Creek Quilts novel since 2019's The Christmas Boutique.Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master's degree in history at...

What happens when the King becomes so full of rage that he creates a Dark Sorcerer to destroy Airmid and her people? What happens when the Sorcerer grows more powerful than the King? As Airmid is collecting herbs for her medicines, the queen fairy...

A Must-Read: The New York Times, Elle, Literary Hub, The Millions, The Globe and Mail, and CBCA Finalist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction "[A] darkly glittering tale . . . Beautiful and piercing." --The New York Times Book Review In Claudia Dey's...

Harlow Hayes has spent three years avoiding Conor Hart. The cocky captain of Holt University's hockey team makes it easy-he ignores her right back. Plenty of girls fall for the charming lines and that arrogant smirk. Harlow knows better. Knows more. Like the fuel...

Secrets are revealed and forbidden sparks ignited in this sizzling Sunrise Cove standalone, a tale of enemies to lovers, redemption, missing treasures, and love--by romance superstar and New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis.Anna Moore didn't just wake up one day and decide to...

Friends since high school, four 30-something women reunite for a once-in-a-lifetime Italian adventure filled with tons of laughter, mischief, great food, and even a little romance in this humorous, heartwarming celebration of friendship and fun from #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels....

Best-selling author Belle (High Maintenance, Going Down) unleashes her first new novel in over ten yearsAuthor: Jennifer BelleISBN-10: 1636141633ISBN-13: 9781636141633Publisher: Akashic BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/2024Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.80w x 1.60d

Three people's lives intersect in a tumultuous yet redeeming way that none of them could have ever predicted. Jenny is a young professional from the South with an upbringing she wants to forget. She meets Roshan, an Indian immigrant who has moved to the...

Cath Brown is an ordinary twenty-something who is fed-up with her job, eats and drinks too much, and continually falls for unsuitable men. Even though she knows she should quit them all, she can't. Being cruelly dumped on her birthday is the final straw...

All Katie ever wanted was a baby. Be careful what you wish for. Katie Lipton is the town beauty, but that never got her what she wanted most-a baby. And, oh yeah, a faithful husband would have been nice, too. Reeling from her husband's...

"It" girl Ellen Gregory has it all: a brilliant career in stand-up comedy, a smash-hit sitcom, the obligatory celebrity mansion in LA, and the publicists, manager, and studio executives that come with it. She is, simply, America's Favorite Girl Next Door. But after a...

Boys with Cars is a story of friendship, love and loss. It tracks the lives of two best friends; Veronica Stanford and Adison Taylor. They meet in the third grade and form a strong bond. Veronica (Ronnie) has a drug-addicted mom who abandons her...

In this deftly turned story, author Frances Khirallah Noble presents a story that is at once sublimely comic yet surprisingly erudite in the subjects it tackles. Its hero, Kahlil Gibran Hourani, is an ordinary, in fact rather bumbling, middle-aged Syrian American optician. On the...

Melinda Soto, aged sixty-four, vacationing in Mexico, is murdered by a fellow American tourist. Back in her hometown of Reno, Nevada, she leaves behind her adopted son, Jeremy, whom she rescued from war-torn Guatamala when he was a toddler--just one of her many causes...

Meet the Clanswomen... International bestselling authors Jenny Colgan, Isla Dewar, and Muriel Gray lead off this dazzling collection of stories by popular and rising Scottish women authors. A sometimes wild, sometimes poignant romp through the lives of Scotswomen, Scottish Girls About Town revels in...

By "one of the most impressive novelists of his generation" (The New York Review of Books), Children of Light is a searing, indelible love story of two ravaged spirits, played out under the merciless, magnifying prism of Hollywood. Gordon Walker, screenwriter and actor, has...

The complete revamping of Catherine Coulter's 1983 Signet Regency, An Intimate Deception, led to this: a full-bodied historical romance with a new beginning and a new ending. The Duke of Portsmouth offers an impecunious half-French relative a job as his young son's nanny. What...

Get twice the hockey hotness in this extra spicy Hellions Hockey two-in-one--read the sexy enemies-to-lovers romp Head Coach, then just flip your book over to dive into the grumpy/sunshine fun of Virgin Territory! Head CoachWill enemies become lovers in this steamy standoff between the...

Four friends. Twenty years. One unexpected journey. Eva, Benedict, Sylvie, and Lucien graduate in 1997, into an exhilarating world on the brink of the new millennium. Hopelessly in love with playboy Lucien and keen to shrug off the socialist politics of her childhood, Eva...

A masterful gothic chiller, Immortal with a Kiss is a paranormal historical adventure that fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Jane Austen alike are certain to cherish. In a starred review, Booklist called Descent into Dust, Jacqueline Lepore's first novel to feature Victorian...

'Secret Crush of a Chalet Girl' is the latest installment in the 'Chalet Girl' series, set in the exclusive Swiss ski resort of Verbier, the winter playground of the rich and famous. Chalet Girl Sophie Trent has plenty of reasons to hate Valentine's Day....

The hunt has begun.Miss Rebecca Tarleton takes her shot to beat the gentleman at her father's annual hunt festivities. The event offers a unique occasion to showcase her archery and equestrian skills and the opportunity to make her peace with the forest, which nearly...

Less than one year ago, Kat Williams was on the outs with her best friend and stuck in a job she hated. Now, Toni is back and they opened their own salon, and the people of Lake Harbor welcomed the business with their full...

Random circumstances brought them together. Love made them family. Marilyn Fox is three years clean and sober but a life-long loser-in her mind, anyway. It doesn't matter that she's finally holding down a job, providing for herself, and trying to make amends with those...

Dr. Albert Weismer is in search of the ultimate academic goal-tenure. His student, Sophia Connors, is in search of something more. A happy life? A family of her own? Academic success? She's not really sure what she's looking for, but she does know that...

Am I happy? How would I know? What is the measure of happiness?Deep thoughts to indulge on my birthday, while at a funeral. As I stare down into my grandfather-in-law's grave, it's all I can think about. When was the last time I felt...

GMA BOOK CLUB PICK - ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER - An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors. "Irreverent...

"...a beautifully written tale of strong female relationships that draws you in from the beginning and won't let go. Reading this book is like spending the afternoon with comforting friends. Enjoy the experience." -Diane Dickinson, author of Final TransactionA ghost's antics, a harrowing moose...

Pearl and Ginevra grow up in the era known as the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island. One lives above the stairs, the other below.Surrounded by Astors and Vanderbilts, Pearl fills her days with teatime and shallow friendships, yearning for something more. A chance...

Three women are lost in a single morning, one at a commuter train, one at a school, one while walking her dog in the woods. The police think the women are making some kind of political statement by setting themselves on fire....maybe members of...

Ash Smith has plans. Sort of, anyway. She's just landed her first job since finishing uni. She loves working with the young people at the youth centre, especially the ones who need a bit of extra attention. She's determined to make something of herself,...

The Light We Lost mixes with a touch of Daisy Jones and the Six in this novel of first love, passion, and the power of choice--and how we cannot escape the people we are meant to be. Two loves. Two choices. One chance to...

In the cold shadow of tragedy, hope is like a ray of sunshine ...Celia Bennett does her best to be a good mother. She is devoted to caring for her eight-year-old son Caleb and takes him to soccer practice on weekends. But in the...

Psychologist Dr. Emily Taylor seemed to have it all-she's thin, attractive, happily married with children, with a successful therapy practice and writing career-when she is interviewed on a major talk show to discuss her bestseller, Forgotten Intimacy. Novelist Jan Yager explores how success catapults...

Inspired by current cultural movements and the new wave of feminism, these releases of classic books feature strong female protagonists who must navigate difficult situations involving class and power, love and loss, sex and family, independence and societal norms, and more. From the front...

When a fake relationship turns real, this Navy SEAL learns that love can be deadly in this thrilling, fast-paced novel that proves "no one does romantic suspense like Diana Gardin" (Susan Stoker, New York Times bestselling author). I'm a natural protector, whether I'm guarding...

Adam and Ellie Thomas are the perfect couple with a beautiful home, two young children, financial success, and social status. But hidden behind closed doors, things aren't as they seem. Still, when Ellie reaches her breaking point and tells Adam to go, she's surprised...